Hesburgh Legacy Award
Building upon the legacy of Fr. Ted Hesburgh and his national and international leadership, this award, celebrates and inspires meaningful academic contributions to social justice and peace, particularly on issues of strategic importance to the University, the Church, and the world. The Hesburgh Legacy Award is an evolution of the Reinhold Niebuhr and Grenville Clark awards and builds on their legacy of honoring contributions to social justice.
Hesburgh Legacy Award Winners (2024 to present)
- 2025 – Mark W. Roche, Department of German, Slavic, and Eurasian Studies
- 2024 — Graham Peaslee, Professor of Physics and Astronomy
James Reinhold Niebuhr Award Winners (1973–2023)
- 2023 — Anton Juan – Professor of Film, Television, and Theatre
- 2022 — Leo H. McWilliams – Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs; Director, Minority Engineering Program
- 2021 — Heidi Beidinger-Burnett – Associate Professor of the Practice, Biological Sciences
- 2020 — Marya Lieberman – Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- 2019 — Paolo G. Carozza – Professor of Law
- 2018 — Ann-Marie Conrado – Assistant Professor, Art, Art History, and Design
- 2017 — Maria K. McKenna – Associate Professor of the Practice, ESS Program; Department of Africana Studies
- 2016 — Nicole Stelle Garnett – John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law
- 2015 — Mary Ellen O’Connell – Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law
- 2014 — Cynthia K. Mahmood – Associate Professor, Anthropology
- 2013 — no awardee
- 2012 — Dianne M. Pinderhughes – Professor, Africana Studies and Political Science
- 2011 — Carolyn R. Nordstrom – Professor, Anthropology
- 2010 — M. Cathleen Kaveny – Professor, Law and Theology
- 2009 — John Paul Lederach – Professional Specialist, Kroc Institute
- 2008 — F. Clark Power – Professor, Program of Liberal Studies
- 2007 — Georges Enderle
- 2006 — Todd Whitmore
- 2005 — Rev. Gustavo A. Gutiérrez, OP
- 2004 — Teresa Ghilarducci
- 2003 — George Lopez
- 2002 — Rev. Patrick D. Gaffney, C.S.C.
- 2001 — R. Scott Appleby, Dinah Shelton
- 2000 — Kathleen Maas Weigert
- 1999 — Robert E. and Jeanne Rodes
- 1998 — Lee Tavis
- 1997 — Rev. Joseph D. Ross, C.S.C.
- 1996 — Rev. William M. Lewers, C.S.C.
- 1995 — Rev. Richard McCormick, S.J.
- 1994 — Bernard Doering
- 1993 — John Borkowski
- 1992 — Patrick E. Murphy
- 1991 — Thomas and Nancy Shaffer
- 1990 — John J. Gilligan
- 1989 — Sharon Lynn O’Brien
- 1988 — Denis Goulet
- 1987 — Stephen Worland
- 1986 — John H. Yoder
- 1985 — James Sterba
- 1984 — John W. Houck and Oliver F. Williams, C.S.C.
- 1983 — Julian Peasants
- 1982 — Kenneth and Penny Jameson
- 1981 — Charles K. Wilber
- 1980 — Rev. Don McNeill, C.S.C.
- 1979 — Rev. William Toohey, C.S.C.
- 1978 — Thomas F. Broden
- 1977 — Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Quigley
- 1976 — Rev. Louis Putz, C.S.C.
- 1975 — George N. Shuster
- 1974 — CILA (Community for the International Lay Apostolate)
- 1973 — Msgr. John J. Egan
Grenville Clark Award Winners (1979–2023)
- 2023 — Jennifer Huynh – Assistant Professor of American Studies
- 2022 — Nicole McNeil – Alliance for Catholic Education College Professor of Psychology
- 2021 — Michael J. Mannor II – John F. O’Shaughnessy Associate Professor of Family Enterprise, Management & Organization
- 2020 — Susan Sharpe – Restorative Justice Advisor, Center for Social Concerns
- 2019 — Viva Ona Bartkus – Associate Professor of Management and Organization
- 2018 — Jay B. Brockman – Associate Dean, College of Engineering; Professional Specialist, Computer Science and Engineering
- 2017 — Douglass W. Cassel – Professor of Law; Notre Dame Presidential Fellow
- 2016 — Carl B. Ackermann – Professional Specialist, Finance
- 2015 — Judith L. Fox – Clinical Professor of Law
- 2014 — Stephen M. Fallon – The Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, C.S.C., Professor of the Humanities
- 2013 — no award
- 2012 — Margaret R. Pfeil – Assistant Professor, Theology
- 2011 — Jennifer L. Warlick – Associate Professor, Public Policy and Economics; Director, Poverty Studies Interdisciplinary Minor
- 2010 — Matthew J. Barrett – Professor, Law School
- 2009 — Stuart Greene – Associate Professor, English
- 2008 — Thomas Nowak – Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- 2007 — Rev. Robert Pelton, C.S.C.
- 2006 — Martin Wolfson
- 2005 — Barbara J. Flick
- 2004 — Bro. Louis Hurcik, C.S.C.
- 2003 — Kenneth Hendricks
- 2002 — Stephen E. Silliman
- 2001 — Roger F. Jacobs
- 2000 — Dave Kirkner
- 1999 — Teresa Phelps
- 1998 — Jerry and Marge Marley
- 1997 — Thomas V. Merluzzi
- 1996 — Jennifer A. Morehead, Matthew Fitzgerald
- 1995 — Eugene J. McClory
- 1994 — Bro. Bonaventure Scully, C.F.X.
- 1993 — Michael and Christine Etzel
- 1992 — Rev. H. Thomas McDermott, C.S.C.
- 1991 — Kathleen Maas Weigert and Dolores Tantoco-Stauder
- 1990 — Peter Morgan and Sr. Annette Giarrante, O.S.F.
- 1989 — Lloyd and Shelley Ketchum, Kevin and Kathy Misiewicz
- 1988 — D’Arcy Chisholm and David Link
- 1987 — Conrad Kellenberg
- 1986 — Rev. Robert F. Griffin, C.S.C.
- 1985 — Cecil and Mary Mast
- 1984 — The Notre Dame Legal Aid and Defender Association
- 1983 — Peggy Roach
- 1982 — Kenneth W. Milani
- 1981 — Sr. Judith Ann Beattie, C.S.C.
- 1980 — James and Mary Ann Roemer
- 1979 — Peter Walshe